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The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County is a governmental agency headquartered in Wheaton, Illinois, United States.Its mission is to acquire and hold lands containing forests, prairies, wetlands, and associated plant communities or lands capable of being restored to such natural conditions for the purpose of protecting and preserving the flora, fauna and scenic beauty for the education ...
The Knobstone Trail (KT) is Indiana's longest footpath – a 60-mile backcountry-hiking trail passing through Clark State Forest, Elk Creek Public Fishing Area, and Jackson-Washington State Forest. These state resource properties contain more than 42,000 acres of rugged, forested land in Clark, Scott and Washington counties in southern Indiana ...
This popular getaway is one of the best locations for hiking and waterfalls in Illinois. Starved Rock among Illinois' best places for hiking, waterfalls. Here’s what to know.
The Most Advantageous Situation in the Highlands: An Archaeological Study of Fort Montgomery State Historic Site, Cultural Resources Survey Program Series No. 2, New York State Museum. ISBN 1-55557-174-3; Roberts, R. (1980). New York's Forts in the Revolution, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. ISBN 0-8386-2063-9
Illinois Department of Natural Resources Lowden-Miller State Forest is a conservation area on 2,291 acres (927 ha) in Ogle County , Illinois , United States . [ 1 ] The state acquired a 1,186-acre (480 ha) parcel of land for the forest in 1992, and the remainder of the land was acquired in 1993.
The Illinois Land Conservation Act (Public Law 104-106) created the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, designated the transfer of 19,165 acres (7,756 ha) of land in Illinois from the U.S. Army to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service. The Illinois Land Conservation Act mandates that Midewin be managed to meet four primary objectives:
White Pines Forest State Park is located in what was once a part of the Sauk leader Black Hawk's territory and encompasses an area once known as White Pines Woods. [3] White Pines State Park nearly became an Illinois State Park as early as 1903, when the state established its first state park at Fort Massac. [4]